In their words: Seahawks win Super Bowl XLVIII

February 3, 2014

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Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning

"I think we played a great football team. We needed to play really well in order to win, and we didn't come anywhere close to that. We weren't sharp offensively from the very get-go. The turnover on the first play of the game to give them the safety is not the way you want to start a game. What whatever reason, we couldn't get much going after that. Give Seattle a lot of credit. They are an excellent football team, and they caused a lot of our mistakes. At the same time, we just didn't play well tonight."

Chris O'Meara/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning

"I think we played a great football team. We needed to play really well in order to win, and we didn't come anywhere close to that. We weren't sharp offensively from the very get-go. The turnover on the first play of the game to give them the safety is not the way you want to start a game. What whatever reason, we couldn't get much going after that. Give Seattle a lot of credit. They are an excellent football team, and they caused a lot of our mistakes. At the same time, we just didn't play well tonight."